DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Leptodactylon pungens | Prickly Phlox 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Prickly phlox occurs east of the Cascade Mountains in Washington and
adjacent southern British Columbia eastward to Montana, and extends
south to northern Baja California, Arizona, New Mexico, and central
Nebraska [5].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  CO  ID  MT  NE  NM  NV  OR  UT
     WA  WY  BC


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BICA  BRCA  CARE  COLM  CRLA  DEVA
     DINO  FOBU  GLCA  GRTE  GRBA  GRSA
     JODA  LABE  MEVE  NABR  YELL  ZION


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    2  Cascade Mountains
    4  Sierra Mountains
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K011  Western ponderosa forest
   K012  Douglas-fir forest
   K017  Black Hills pine forest
   K018  Pine - Douglas-fir forest
   K019  Arizona pine forest
   K021  Southwestern spruce - fir forest
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K037  Mountain mahogany - oak scrub
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K051  Wheatgrass - bluegrass
   K055  Sagebrush steppe
   K056  Wheatgrass - needlegrass shrubsteppe
   K057  Galleta - three-awn shrubsteppe
   K063  Foothills prairie
   K065  Grama - buffalograss
   K066  Wheatgrass - needlegrass


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   208  Whitebark pine
   209  Bristlecone pine
   219  Limber pine
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   239  Pinyon - juniper
   247  Jeffrey pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Prickly phlox occurs in sagebrush-grass, pinyon-juniper, Great Basin
bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva), limber pine (P. flexilis), white fir
(Abies concolor), Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi), and whitebark pine (P.
albicaulis) habitat types within its range.  Prickly phlox is often a
constituent of seral plant communities [11].  It has been described as
an indicator of sites in poor condition [29].

Related categories for Species: Leptodactylon pungens | Prickly Phlox